This past October, HBA’s varsity girls team for cross country made history by being the first HBA team to win the Cross Country Division 2 State Championship title. Junior Kacie Kwan also won the individual title of Girls ILH Champion with an outstanding time of 20:19. The boys varsity team also defended their Division 2 …
With only four weeks left before Spirit Week 2019, middle and high school students at HBA are hard at work, eagerly preparing for the highly anticipated week full of competition and fun. Student council president Rena Takatsuka explained that this year’s theme of Sidekick Stories was chosen at one of the student council’s brainstorming sessions …
Three HBA students performed with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra at the Hawaii Youth Symphony’s Side by Side concert at the Blaisdell Concert Hall on Thursday, October 26. Sitting among musicians from Hawaii’s premier professional symphony, Natalie Narito (‘20), Vincent Ogasawara (‘20), and Aaron Omon (‘22), members of the Hawaii Youth Symphony I (HYSI), performed four …
Christian Emphasis Week is just around the corner, and students have much to look forward to this year. The theme this year is “Faithful” and is inspired by HBA’s 70th anniversary and the idea of being “committed through faith.” In addition to the chapels and seminars throughout the week, students are invited to gather before …
HBA Japanese 3 and 4 students embarked on the school's biennial trip to Japan this week. The group arrived in Osaka on Monday night and headed to Kyoto the next morning for their first day of sightseeing. Day 1: Nishiki Market for bentos Wagashi-making (Japanese sweets) at Kanshundo Higashi-ten Fushimi Inari Shrine Day 2: Doshisha Kori …
A new school year means a new season of girls volleyball is afoot. With four new freshmen joining the varsity squad to replace the five graduated seniors, this new season will bring new challenges. Zoe Lorica, Jade Mauga, Hayley Taka, and Alyssa Young are the four freshmen who have joined the varsity team. Lorica, Mauga, …
There's nothing like a pencil case full of brand new pens and pencils, or when you walk onto campus with your just-unboxed bright white, scuff-free Adidas Superstar sneaker. Back to school items do a lot more than meet practical needs; they also serve as pick-me-ups as we drag ourselves out of school breaks into the …
After a successful pilot test during the end of last school year, HBA officially changed its high school and middle school bell schedule to a double extended one. The new schedule features all seven classes on the first day of the week, and two sets of extended period days for the rest of the week. …
Usually during summer breaks, students are enjoying their days by heading to the beach, hanging with friends, or just relaxing at home. This summer, some HBA students, however, were up by 7 A.M., getting ready for a day full of school. These students enrolled in summer programs at colleges on Oahu and on the mainland, …
With the new school year starting, not only are HBA students adjusting to school life, but some of their teachers have been trying something new in their classrooms. Twenty middle and high school teachers have volunteered to be part of HBA’s first Teacher Learning Cohort, an initiative aimed at improving classroom instruction through self evaluation …
